Plow.



W. G. BUCK PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.14, 1912;

MUNI

PatentedMay 5, 1914.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

77'/22P56 es W. G. BUCK.

PLOW.

APPLIGAMON FILED 11110.14, 1912.

Patented May 5,1914.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Patented May 5, 1914.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.14. 1912.

W. G. BUCK.

th @i W. G. BUCK.

PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED 11110.14, 1912.

Patented May 5, 1914l 4 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

are joined WELMER G. BUCK, 0F WARREN, OHIO.

PLOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led December 14, 1912. Serial No. 736,816.

To (1U tlf/mm it may conce/rn Be itknown that l, VILMER G. BUCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Warren, in the county of rIrumbull and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usei'ul Improvements in Plows, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates more particularly to that class of plows adapted to be driven by a gasolene or other suitable inotoand commonly termed traction plows.

The objects ot' the present invention are to provide means for raising and lowering the plow bodies into and out of plowing position in rotative order whereby all of the plows begin their plowing action at a certain point in the tield andare all raised out of plowing position at a certain pointin the field, thus making the commencement of all urrows and the ends of all furrows in line.

The invention further consists in the features 0;? construction and combination of partshereinafter described and claimed.

ln the drawings: lfigure 1 is a bottom view of a plowequipped with the mechanism of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of said plow. F ig. 3 a sectional view of the transmission mechanism for driving the tractor Wheel. Figs. 4, 5, 6, and T are diagrammatic illustrations of the operation of the mechanism for raising and lowering the plows. Fig. 8 a perspective showing the arrangement with respect tov one another of the cams for raising and lowering the plow bodies, and Fig.l 9 a. sectional view of the means for driving the shaft upon which the cams are mounted.

Referring to the drawings and particuiarly to Fig. l the machine or structure as illustrated comprises a frame lwhich may be ont any suitable size and style, and which in the form illustrated, comprises a front rail 1G, side rails l? and an obliquely extending rear rail 1S. Mounted upon the side rails l? are suitable iournals or bearings 19 which support a shaft 2@ upon which is v Said wheelv is composed et mounted the traction wheella in the construction shown four sections 'althono'h may be varied without departing from. the-scope or" the present invention. section is e wheel by itselit and is adapted n n-der certain conditions to be revolved independently o the others. The outer sections 25 resoectively to the inner sections 2l and 25, and the wheels 22 and 24- may be said to constitute one set and the wheels 23 and 25 another set, said sets being arranged tolie one next to the other, and each of the sections is provided about its periphery .with suitable treadsI 2h, to enable the wheels to more firmly Qrip ground in traveling. The sections .22 and A are joined together by means of a ratchet and pawl connection, thus when the section 22 is revolved in one direction it will carry the wheel 24 therewith in the same direction, but when the direction ot movement of the wheel or section is reversed the pawl will slide over the teeth of the ratchet and no movement Will be imparted to the wheell 24 by the movenient ot' the wheel 22. The Wheels 23 and 25 are also joined together by a dog and ratchet. connection, the wheels 22 and 24 may be said to constitute one set, andthe Wheels 23 and Q5 may be said to constitute a second set. B v this arrangement all of the sections 22, 23, 2i, and 25 maybe revolved in a common direction when dcsiredfand the movement of one of the outer ,ofjsaid section of one set may be reversed wit-lirespect to the movement of the otherset' for the purpose of turningr the plow4 around, this Jfeature will, however, be more clearly pointed out hereinafter.

y rThe trac/tion wheel in the' construction shown is driven by means of a Suitable motor Q9 mounted upon the frame of the machine.

ln the constrction shown in t-hedrawine's the drive from the motor is of the lfriction type, and a driven wheel 30 of the-driving mechanism is connected to a shaft 3l which carries a gear 32 adapted` to slide longitudinally ,thereof by actuating any suitable form of lever mechanism. The driven Wheel or disk 30 is slid in and out from the rcenter oi" the driving disk to vary the speed or the driven shaft.

fit iy-wheel 33 is positioned on the end of `the shaft 3l in order that auxiliary inakvchines ordevices of one kind or ano-ther may driven by the motor when desired. The 'y 3Q is intended to mesh wit-h either the 3st, 35 or 36 of a diilerent-ial gear mechf .sin Si, which gear mechanism drives and actnates the shafts 38 and 3f). "he shaft 38 has secured ther to a gear Li() which meshes with a il which is attached to the section 2;? ot 'the traction wheehand the shaft Patented May 5, Mitel.

to the upturned end of the beam 48 and the cam 63 is placed in operative position to the upturned end of the beam 46.

By referring to F ig. 8 it will be seen that these cams are sodisposed about the sleeve 59 as to be out of alinement with one another so that they are brought into contact with the upturned ends of the beams with which they respectively engage in a rotative or successive order. In the device illustrated the cam 60 will be the first to operate coming into engagement with the upturned end of the beam 52 and thus the plow 53 attached to this beam lwill be the rst to be raised from the ground. AIt might be noted that this is the one lying closest to the frame l5. Directly after the plow 53 has been raised the cam 6lv will come into contact with the upturned end of the beam 50, and the plow 51 will be raised next, and the lapse of time between the raising of the plow 53 and the plow 5l will be equal to the time necessary to have the machine `move forward a distance equal to the distance between the forward ends of the points of the plows 53 and 51, bringing the point of the plow body 5l up to the pla/ce where the point of the plow 53 leftthe ground. The cam 62 will next come into action and raise the plow beam 48, and lastly the cam 63"'will operate to raise the plow beam 46, thus each plow will be raised and discontinue its vplowing action at the place where the" plow 53 was raised whereby the furrows will all be of uniform length all stopping at -the same point. It will vbe understood that each of the cams lis of sufficient length so that l after the sleeve :'39 has revolved far enough to bring all four cams into action the firstv cam to be brought into action, namely the cam 60 will have been -revolved until its envtire surface has practically passed across the upturned end 54 of the beam 52, so that when all of the plows are raised and`rotation ofthe sleeve 59 is discontinued, the

.cams will then be in position so that upon furtherrotation of the shaft the cam 60 will pass ofi' from the upturned end of the beam 52 allowing this beam and theplow body 53 to drop, placing the plow body in position to have it again commence its plowing operation. The cams are so timedfas to action,l that when the plow 51 shall have been brought up to the point where the'plow 53 commenced its plowing operation, the cam `6l will release from the upturned end 54 of the plow beam 50 allowing the beam 50 and the plow body 5l to drop, whereby this plow body is placed in position to begin its plowing operation. The cam 62 will next release itself from the upturned end of the beam 48 and lastly the cam 63 will release itself from the upturned end of the beam 46. By this arrangement Athe plows are dropped into plowing position in successive or rotative order whereby they begin their plowing action at the same point, thusmmakingthe furrows all commence at the same point.

It isdesirable to rotate the shaft 59 with an intermittent movement and to carry this out Iemploy a slotted disk 64, as shown in Fig. 2, and this disk is intended to be rotated by engagement of a pin 65, Figs. 1-

59 is so timed as to raise and lower the plow-` bodies `in vaccordance with the lmovement of the traction plow, thusinsuring an evenness of furrow which could not be obtained, were all the lows raised and lowered as a unitv at one time and` at one operation, a1- though the voperator is not caused any further labor than would be necessary in raising and lowering plows all at'a` single oper-` ation.

It is understood that the precise details of construction shown'and described may be varied as desired provided that'the invention is maintainedv within the scope of the language of the appended claims. By removing the two intermediate sections of the tractiony wheel and using only the outer sections the sections. will be arranged to'straddle the rows of plants etc. in the field, and by employing cultiva'torsv `or similar instruments instead of plows, the

device can be used as a motor driven cultivator. Y

I claim:

l. In a plow, the combination of a frame, a series of plow beams connected to said frame, a Vplow body joined to each beam, a shaft, means for rotating said shaft, a series of cams on said shaft, one for eachplow beam, said cams being disposed about said shaft out of alinement with one another longitudinally of said shaft whereby they are successively brought into engagement with said beams and the plowsraised and lowered in successive order, substantially asdel scribed. f

2. vIn a, plow, the combination of a frame,

a"traction member, a series of plow beams c connected to said frame, a plow body joined to 'each beam, a shaft, means operatively connected for rotating said shaft by movement of said traction member, a series of cams Von said shaft,'one camfor each plow beam, said cams being radially disposed .about said lshaft and out of alinement with onel another longitudinally of said shaft whereby they are successively brought into engagement with said beams and the plows raised and lowered in successive order, substantially as described. y

3. In a plow, the combination of a trame, a series of plow beams connected thereto, a plowbody attached to each beam, a pivotal mounting for each plow beam located intermediate its ends and closer to the forward than the rear end ot the beam, a li'lting member for each beam bearing directly against the forward end thereof and having no positive connection with the beam and means for operating said lifting members, substantially .as described.

4. Ina plow, the combination ot a trame, a series of plow beams connected to said frame, a pivotal mounting for each plow beam located intermediate its end and closer to the'jorward than the rear end ot the beam, a series of lifting members, one member for each beam, each of said members acting directly against the forward end ot the beam with which it is associated, said litting members being disposed in different relative ositions -with respect to the beams where y they are brought into active, engagement with their respective beams in successive order and means for operating said lifting members, substantially as de. scribeda 5. ina plow, the combination of a frame,

, noeaeoe a series of plow be ms "connected to said member, a plow body connected to each beam, a pivotal mounting-for each beam located intermediate the -ends thereof and closer to the forward than the rear end of the beam a series of cams, onefor each beam, each cam acting directly against the forward end of the beam with which it is associated, said cams having their acting surfaces in diderent relative positions with respect to `the beams whereby they are brought into acting engagementwith the respective beams in` successive order, and means for operating said cams, substantially as described.

6. ln a traction plow, the combination of a main supporting trame traction wheels, a main driving shaft for the traction wheels, means for driving said shaft, a sleeve loose on said shaft, a series of plow beams, a plow body attached to each beam, a ivotal mounting for each beam, a series o plow lifting members on said sleeve, one tor each beam, and means for rotating said sleeve with an intermittent movement to bring said lifting members into and out of liftinoP engagement with said beams, substantially as described. l

WILMER G. BUCK. Vlitnesses:

WM. P. BOND,

THOMAS A. BANNING, Jr. 

